EP0456034B1 - Doppelkonus-Antenne mit halbkugelförmiger Strahlungscharakteristik - Google Patents

Doppelkonus-Antenne mit halbkugelförmiger Strahlungscharakteristik Download PDF

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EP0456034B1
EP0456034B1 EP91106538A EP91106538A EP0456034B1 EP 0456034 B1 EP0456034 B1 EP 0456034B1 EP 91106538 A EP91106538 A EP 91106538A EP 91106538 A EP91106538 A EP 91106538A EP 0456034 B1 EP0456034 B1 EP 0456034B1
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Krishnan Raghaven
Mon N. Wong
Gregory D. Kroupa
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  • the present invention relates to an antenna for transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals over a wide range of directions.
  • a horn antenna system comprising first and second conical reflectors disposed co-axially along a wave guide, attached to the outside of the wave guide adjacent to and extending away from slots disposed at an end of the waveguide.
  • phase correction is effected by providing a plurality of parallel peripheral ring plates round the bi-cone structure and of different radial lengths, those nearest the centre being shorter than the outer ones.
  • a biconical antenna having two cones whose tips face one another and being provided in the innermost half of the annular horn with one or more co-axial polarisation grids comprising a plurality of parallel narrow conductors which are inclined relative to the axis of symmetry.
  • the antenna can be used to transmit and/or receive in two widely separated frequency bands, the waves in the lower band being linearly polarized, and those in the upper frequency band possibly being arbitrarily polarized, depending on the grid configuration.
  • a multi-antenna arrangement having a plurality of input openings each assigned to a corresponding radio beam and each comprising a radio lens and coupled to the input openings that each beam is collimated.
  • the lense comprises two parallel circular plates at an outer periphery of which the input openings are arranged. Those are surrounded by a polarizing cylinder arrangement comprising a plurality of polarizing cylinders embedded in dielectric material.
  • the telemetry and command antennas employed on satellites heretofore have an elevation coverage angle that is too narrow.
  • the conventional end-fired dielectric rod antenna has a maximum elevation coverage angle of -90° to +90°.
  • the telemetry and command antenna used on the Leasat satellite is a bicone antenna that operates in the circularly polarized mode.
  • the Leasat telemetry and command bicone antenna provides only omnidirectional coverage and does not provide hemispherical coverage.
  • the telemetry and command antenna employed on the Satellite Business Systems (SBS) satellite is also a bicone antenna but it operates only in the linearly polarized mode, and does not operate in the circularly polarized mode.
  • the frequency bandwidth of conventional antennas is only about 2% of the center frequency.
  • the telemetry and command antennas are not used both for transmitting and receiving. Instead, separate transmit and receive antennas are used
  • a circularly-polarized Ku-band telemetry and command bicone antenna that operates at three frequency channels.
  • Another objective of the invention is to provide a telemetry and command bicone antenna that provides a wide elevation angle of coverage.
  • a further objective of the present invention is to provide a bicone antenna having a hemispherical beam that is suitable for use on a three-axis stabilized satellite such as the Aussat B satellite.
  • a microwave antenna comprising an orthomode tee as the input/output terminal, an internal dielectric polarizer, a circular guide with eight longitudinal radiating slots, a partial circular waveguide short circuit, two 30 ° conical reflectors, and an external meanderline polarizer.
  • the orthomode tee has two ports, and an RF signal may be launched at either port to obtain one sense of circular polarization. Dual mode circular polarization may be excited at the same time because the electric fields of the RF signals at the two ports are perpendicular. Hence, the two RF fields are isolated from each other.
  • the dielectric polarizer generates a rotating TE 11 mode RF field in the circular waveguide which excites the eight radiating linear slots equally and sequentially at its RF frequency rate.
  • a horizontally-polarized field is propagated radially outward from the slots.
  • the partial circular guide short circuit is placed at a quarter wavelength from the centerline of the slots. The partial short circuit permits a predetermined amount of circularly polarized RF power to radiate out at the end of the circular waveguide.
  • a short phasing section of circular waveguide is attached adjacent to the partial circular short circuit. Its purpose is to delay the signal radiated out the end of the circular guide so that it will add in phase with the signal from the slots at their joint angles.
  • Two conical reflectors are disposed adjacent the slots.
  • Dielectric supports mount an external meanderline polarizer to the conical reflectors.
  • the five-layer meanderline polarizer converts the horizontally polarized field from the slots into a circularly polarized field and forms a toroidal or doughnut shaped RF pattern.
  • the energy leaked out of the end of the circular waveguide through the circular guide short circuit fills up the center hole of the doughnut shaped RF pattern.
  • the resultant RF pattern is a hemispherical beam.
  • FIG. 1 shows a side view of a completely assembled bicone antenna 10 except for one part removed for clarity.
  • the removed part is a meanderline polarizer 12 shown in perspective in FIG. 2.
  • the upper part of the antenna 10 is shown in FIG. 3 with the meanderline polarizer 12 in phantom installed in place.
  • the bicone antenna 10 of FIG. 1 comprises an orthomode tee 14 coupled to a dielectric polarizer 16 which is in turn coupled to a circular waveguide 18 having eight slots 20.
  • FIGS. 3-7 taken together comprise an exploded view of the bi-cone antenna 10, wherein FIGS. 6 and 7 show the orthomode tee 14, FIGS. 4 and 5 show the dielectric polarizer 16, and FIG. 3 shows the circular waveguide 18 having the meanderline polarizer 12 installed over the slots 20.
  • the orthomode tee 14 comprises a section of circular waveguide 22 provided with a first rectangular input port 23 at the bottom, and a second rectangular input port 24 at the side.
  • the two input ports 23, 24 are short sections of WR-75 rectangular waveguide that are disposed orthogonally with respect to each other.
  • the circular waveguide 22 is about 17,6 mm (0,692 inch) diameter in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which is 0,583 of the operating wavelength.
  • the upper end of the circular waveguide 22 terminates in a waveguide flange 25 by which the orthomode tee 14 is attached to the rest of the antenna 10.
  • the interior of the orthomode tee 14 is provided with a blade short 26 extending down the center of the circular waveguide 22.
  • the blade short 26 in the present embodiment is a thin piece of sheet metal 20,8 x 0,8 mm (0.820 x 0.032 inches).
  • the blade short 26 extends from the middle of the second rectangular input port 24 to the bottom of the waveguide 22.
  • the blade short 26 is oriented with respect to the orientation of the orthogonal rectangular input ports 23, 24 such that it is adapted to be transparent to a wave entering the first input port 23.
  • the blade short 26 is adapted to present a short circuit to a wave entering the second rectangular input port 24 if it attempts to travel toward the first port 23.
  • a wave entering the second port 24 is unimpeded if it travels up the circular waveguide 22 toward the waveguide flange 25.
  • a screw 27 extending from the wall of the waveguide 22 on the side opposite to the second input port 24. This screw 27 is adjustable to compensate for the presence of the second port 24 in the wall of the waveguide 22 so that waves from the first port 23 are not presented with a discontinuity in the field as they propagate upward toward the flange 25.
  • the dielectric polarizer 16 comprises a section of circular waveguide 30 having a waveguide flange 31 at the bottom and another waveguide flange 32 at the top.
  • the bottom waveguide flange 31 is connected to the waveguide flange 25 of the orthomode tee 14.
  • inside the waveguide 30 there is disposed a dielectric polarizer element 33.
  • the dielectric polarizer element 33 comprises a flat member 34 held in slots 35 in the walls of the waveguide 30.
  • a dielectric material 36 is disposed on the flat member 34.
  • the dielectric material 36 is made of ULTEM-1000 manufactured by the General Electric Co. As may be seen in FIG. 5, the plane of the flat member 34 is rotated 45° with respect to the plane of the blade short 26 in the orthomode tee 14.
  • the circular waveguide 18 with the eight slots 20 is provided with a waveguide flange 40 that connects to the waveguide flange 32 at the upper end of the dielectric polarizer 16.
  • First and second impedance matching rings 41, 42 are disposed within the waveguide 18.
  • the first ring 41 is disposed near the waveguide flange 40, and the second ring 42 is near the center of the waveguide 18.
  • the first impedance matching ring 41 in the present embodiment is 0.095 inch thick, annular in shape, and 0.250 inch in width.
  • the second impedance matching ring 42 is 1,27 mm (0.050 inch) thick, annular in shape and 0,63 mm (0.0250 inch) in width.
  • the size and the position of the rings 41, 42 is first experimentally determined and then they are fastened in place as by soldering, for example.
  • the eight radiating slots 20 are disposed near the upper end of the circular waveguide 18.
  • the slots 20 are one half wavelength long 11,43 mm (0.45 inch) and 1,52 mm (0.06 inch) wide. They are distributed evenly around the circumference of the waveguide 18.
  • a partial circular guide short circuit 46 is placed at a quarter wavelength above the centerline of the slots 20.
  • This partial short circuit 46 is annular in shape and in the present exemplary embodiment, is provided with a circular opening 47 of 8,9 mm (0.35 inch) in diameter.
  • a short phasing section of circular waveguide 48 is attached adjacent to the partial short circuit 46.
  • the phasing section of circular waveguide 48 is about 18 mm (0.7 inches) long, and is provided with a flare aperture 50.
  • the bicone antenna 10 is provided with two 30 degree conical reflectors 52, 54 extending axially along the circular waveguide 18 in opposite directions away from the slots 20. Both conical reflectors 52, 54 are attached to the outside of the waveguide 18 adjacent to the slots 20. From the point of attachment, both conical reflectors 52, 54 flare away from the slots 20.
  • the outer diameter of the two 30 degree conical reflectors 52, 54 is 65,3 mm (2.57 inch) in the present embodiment, which is 3.05 wavelengths at the center frequency operating wavelength.
  • Each of the 30 degree conical reflectors 52, 54 is provided with four dielectric supports 56 spaced at intervals around the outer rim.
  • the external meanderline polarizer 12 of FIG. 2 is mounted to the bicone antenna 10 by means of these dielectric supports 56.
  • the meanderline polarizer 12 is constructed of five layers of etched copper meanderlines 55 on Kapton sheets 53.
  • the material of the plastic sheets 53 is Kapton Polyimide, having a layer of copper foil.
  • the layers are rolled into coaxial cylinders 58.
  • the smallest such cylinder 58 is about 72 mm (2.83") in diameter and the largest one 96mm (3.78")in diameter.
  • Each individual cylinder 58 is separated from the adjacent layer by a honeycomb spacer 59.
  • the spacing between adjacent cylinders is 3,3 mm (0.130").
  • the meanderlines 55 are oriented at an angle 45 degrees with respect to the edges 60 of the rectangular sheets from which the cylinders 58 are formed.
  • Each meanderline 55 comprises first and second sections 62, 64 of straight lines to form a line of square teeth 66 along the meanderline 55.
  • the first sections 62 of straight lines are oriented parallel to the meanderline 55, and they are about 1 mm (0.04") long and 0,53 mm (0.0208") wide.
  • the second sections 64 of straight lines are oriented perpendicular to the meanderlines 55, and they are 2,64 mm (0.104") long and 0,3 mm (0.0117") wide.
  • the centerlines of adjacent meanderlines 55 are spaced at a distance 9,8 mm (0.386") apart.
  • a Ku band radio frequency signal is launched either at the first or second port 23, 24 of the orthomode tee 14 to obtain one sense of circular polarized radiation. Dual mode circular polarization may be excited simultaneously, if desired.
  • the first and second ports 23, 24 are isolated because electric fields propagated therein are perpendicular to each other.
  • Waves from the orthomode tee 14 enter the dielectric polarizer 16 and generate a rotating TE 11 mode that propagates up the circular waveguides 30, 18 to the slots 20.
  • all of the eight radiating linear slots 20 are excited equally and sequentially at the radio frequency rate.
  • a horizontally polarized field is propagated radially outward from each half wavelength slot 20 toward the five layer meanderline polarizer 12 which provides a -90° shift
  • FIG. 1 shows the bicone antenna 10 with the cylindrical meanderline polarizer 12 removed to reveal the slots 20 and conical reflectors 52 and 54 which would normally be hidden inside the cylindrical meanderline polarizer 12.
  • FIG. 3 shows the positioning of the cylindrical meanderline polarizer 12 with respect to the rest of the bi-cone antenna 10.
  • the purpose of the cylindrical meanderline polarizer 12 is to convert the horizontally polarized RF signal from the slots 20 into a circularly polarized signal and form the RF signal from the slots 20 into a doughnut shaped RF pattern.
  • the partial circular guide short circuit 46 is disposed one quarter wavelength above the center line of the slots 20.
  • the partial circular guide short circuit 46 allows a proper amount of circularly polarized RF power to be leaked out to fill up the center hole of the doughnut shaped RF pattern.
  • the resultant RF pattern is a hemispherical beam.
  • the beam extends from the vertical axis along the circular waveguide 18 down to the right 110° and down to the left 110°.
  • the antenna 10 of the present invention achieves a wide elevation angle of coverage: from -110° to 110°, with zero degrees being along the axis of the waveguide 18.
  • the short phasing section of circular waveguide 48 having the flare aperture 50 is disposed adjacent the partial short circuit 46 for the purpose of delaying the signal leaked out of the .35 inch diameter opening 47 so that it adds in phase with the signal from the slots 20 at their joint angles.
  • the operation has been described with respect to the transmit mode, but the antenna 10 works well on receive, also.
  • the antenna 10 operates in the Ku band on three frequency channels: 12.75 GHz, 14.0 GHz and 14.5 GHz. Normally, the 14.0 GHz and 14.5 GHz channels are used for receive channels. Each channel has 100 MHz of frequency bandwidth.
  • the antenna 10 is enabled to achieve such wideband performance by, among other things, using the circular impedance matching rings 41, 42.
  • the five layer meanderline polarizer 12 enables the antenna 10 to provide a low RF axial ratio.

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  1. Antenne für das Senden und Empfangen von Hochfrequenzsignalen über einen großen Richtungsbereich, wobei die Antenne enthält:
    einen Wellenleiter (22, 30, 18) mit einem ersten und einem zweiten Ende;
    einen Eingangs/Ausgangsanschluß (14), der sich am ersten Ende befindet;
    mehrere Schlitze (20), die in Nähe des zweiten Endes angeordnet sind;
    einen dielektrischen Polarisator (33), der innerhalb des Wellenleiters (22, 30, 18) in Nähe des ersten Endes angeordnet ist;
    einen ersten und einen zweiten konischen Reflektor (52, 54), die koaxial entlang des Wellenleiters (22, 30, 18) angeordnet sind, an der Außenseite des Wellenleiters (22, 30, 18) benachbart zu den Schlitzen (20) befestigt sind und sich von diesen weg erstrecken;
    einen zylindrischen Mäanderlinien-Polarisator (12), der koaxial entlang des Wellenleiters (22, 30, 18) angeordnet ist und um die konischen Reflektoren (52, 54) angeordnet ist; und
    einen kreisförmigen Wellenleiter-Teilkurzschluß (46), der sich am zweiten Ende des Wellenleiters (22, 30, 18) befindet.
  2. Antenne nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Wellenleiter (22, 30, 18) einen runden Querschnitt hat.
  3. Antenne nach Anspruch 2, wobei die Schlitze (20) gleichmäßig um den Umfang des Wellenleiters (22, 30, 18) verteilt sind.
  4. Antenne nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei der Mäanderlinien-Polarisator (12) mehrere Schichten (53) aus isolierendem Kunststoff enthält, auf denen mehrere leitende Metall-Mäanderlinien (55) ausgebildet sind.
  5. Antenne nach Anspruch 4, wobei der Kunststoff Kapton und das Metall Kupfer ist.
  6. Antenne nach einem der Ansprüche 4 und 5, wobei die Mäanderlinie (55) mehrere Abschnitte (62, 64) gerader Linien enthält, die so angeordnet sind, daß eine Linie von Rechteckzacken (66) entlang der Mäanderlinie (55) gebildet wird.
  7. Antenne nach Anspruch 6, wobei die Abschnitte (62) der geraden Linien parallel zur Richtung der Mäanderlinie (55) eine Länge A/2 von 1 mm ± 5% und eine Breite W2 von 0,53 mm ± 5% haben.
  8. Antenne nach Anspruch 7, wobei die Abschnitte (64) der geraden Linien senkrecht zur Richtung der Mäanderlinie (55) eine Länge H von 2,6 mm ± 6% und eine Breite W1 von 0,3 mm ± 6% haben.
  9. Antenne nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 8, wobei die Mäanderlinien (55) parallel sind und voneinander durch einen Abstand B von 9,8 mm ± 6% getrennt sind.
  10. Antenne nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 9, wobei die Kunststoffschichten einen Abstand von 3,3 mm ± 6% haben.
  11. Antenne nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 10, wobei die Mäanderlinien (55) in einem Winkel von etwa 45° im Bezug auf die Polarisationsrichtung für das linear polarisierte Signal ausgerichtet sind.
  12. Doppelkonus-Antenne nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, die für das Senden und Empfangen von Hochfrequenzsignalen über einen einer vollständigen Halbkugel entsprechenden Erfassungswinkel eingerichtet ist, wobei diese Antenne (10) weiterhin enthält:
    mehrere dielektrische Halterungen (56), die entlang der Außenränder der konischen Reflektoren (52, 54) angeordnet sind, wobei der zylindrische Mäanderlinien-Polarisator (12) von den Außenrändern der konischen Reflektoren (52, 54) durch diese dielektrischen Halterungen (56) getrennt ist.
  13. Antenne nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Eingangs/Ausgangsanschluß ein Orthomode-T-Eingangs/Ausgangsanschluß (14) ist.
  14. Antenne nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Schlitze (20) im wesentlichen eine Länge haben, die so groß ist wie die Hälfte der Wellenlänge.
  15. Antenne nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die konischen Reflektoren (52, 54) einen vertikalen Konuswinkel zwischen 25 und 45 Grad haben.
  16. Antenne nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der runde Wellenleiter-Teilkurzschluß (46) eine Öffnung (47) mit einem Durchmesser zwischen 7,6 und 10,2 mm (0,3 und 0,4 Zoll) hat.
  17. Antenne nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei sich der runde Wellenleiter-Teilkurzschluß (46) in einem Abstand von der Mitte der Schlitze (20) befindet, der ein Viertel der Wellenlänge beträgt.
  18. Antenne nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, die weiterhin runde Ringe (41, 42) enthält, die im Wellenleiter (22, 30, 18) angeordnet sind, um eine Impedanzanpassung auszuführen.
  19. Antenne nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, die weiterhin einen relativ kurzen Abschnitt eines runden Wellenleiters (48) enthält, der am zweiten Ende angeordnet ist, um das Signal durch Teilkurzschluß(46) zu verzögern.
  20. Antenne nach Anspruch 12 bis 19, die weiterhin eine Öffnung (47) enthält, die am zweiten Ende angeordnet ist.
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